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Infused Storm

#35495e
Notes

Infused Storm (#35495E) is a deep azure with an earthy character. It leans grounded and natural, the kind of color that plays well with wood, clay, linen, and warm neutrals. Its HSL profile (211°, 28%, 29%) places it in the muted band at a dark lightness. It works well as a headline, icon, or deep background in an otherwise light layout, pairing cleanly with cream, bone, and warm neutrals. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary orange. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#35495e
RGB
rgb(53, 73, 94)
HSL
hsl(211, 28%, 29%)
HWB
hwb(211 21% 63%)
OKLCH
oklch(39.8% 0.044 250.2)
P3
color(display-p3 0.2241 0.2841 0.3613)
HSV
hsv(211, 44%, 37%)
LAB
lab(30.23% -1.62 -14.83)
LCH
lch(30.23% 14.92 263.76)
CMYK
cmyk(44%, 22%, 0%, 63%)

Etymology

Infused
adjective

Latin infundere, to pour into — past-participle of infuse. As a color modifier, infused implies a deep-pigment-and-warmth where the hue has been filled from within with the source dye. Sits at the deep-and-saturated end of the grid, parallel to suffused and steeped in usage.

Storm
noun

Heavy cloud cover with precipitation, lightning, and gale-force winds — the meteorological event whose color is a dense gray that filters out almost all sun. The color refers to a fully developed storm cloud bank: a deep, slightly muted gray with the optical density of cumulonimbus that's already releasing rain. Cooler than slate, warmer than gunmetal, with the agricultural weight of a phenomenon that has shaped every harvest calendar.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

Variations

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Harmonies

Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#35495e
Original
#414a5f
Protanopia
#3c455e
Deuteranopia
#264e50
Tritanopia
#464646
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAAon White
9.27:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
Failon Black
2.27:1

Wide gamut

Display P3 representation

The CSS Color 4 wide-gamut form of this color. Both swatches render the same color on every display — the P3 form only diverges from sRGB when a designer pushes channels outside sRGB's reach.

sRGB hex
sRGB hex
##35495E
Display P3
Display P3
color(display-p3 0.2241 0.2841 0.3613)
Inside sRGBOKLCH chroma 0.044

This color sits well within the sRGB cube. P3 and sRGB share the gray axis and most desaturated tones, so a P3 display renders this identically to an sRGB display.

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